Two Nosferatu Go Into A Bar...

This one was done using original Nosferatu artwork by Albin Grau.

The second one is my version.
Both tattoos are from 2002.

Pin-Ups From The Past

Man's Ruin

2001

Gypsy

2002

She Comes In Colors

Peacock in a day.

2009

Unfinished peacock.
2007

This tattoo did get finished but I have no other photos.

The Second Most Asked Question

"Who would get a Paris Hilton tattoo?"

This August 2008 In Touch magazine article below should help answer that question.

I am "the tattoo artist" in the above article.

The most asked question is how long have I been tattooing? Which is really uninteresting and has nothing to do with celebrities.

The Legoland Stormtrooper Excuse

A lot of times family men need a good excuse to get a tattoo. This one is to help commemorate the family's 2010 Legoland vacation.

I had my doubts about the Lego Death Star and can now say any further requests for Lego tattoos will be denied.

Lady Luck

Lady Luck

2010

Been awhile since I'd done of these.

Attack of the Giant Sugar Skull

She originally wanted Tinkerbell but came in with this idea instead.

2010

3 from this week

Black and grey peacock

Vegas


Bacchus
Michelangelo Caravaggio

2010

Mrs. Mojo Rising

The customer's grandmother sitting on top of a park bench, 1942.

Jim Morrison's throat is in the upper right.

Know Your Rights

Internment Camp Buddha

2010

The original art for this tattoo was made of cut paper by the customer's great grandfather, one of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans who's rights and property were taken by our federal government.

Executive Order 9066 from Feb. 1942 allowed military commanders to declare California, Oregon and Washington 'exclusion zones'. With a little help from the Census Bureau, Japanese-Americans were 'excluded' from the west coast and placed into desert prison camps for the remainder of the war.

The tattoo is a negative version of the original design but is otherwise unchanged.

Harley-Schwinn Reversable

Pin-up girl posed on a 1930 Harley-Schwinn Reversable, a motorcyle that could be turned around and ridden as a bicycle. Only a few were made.

The tattoo was finished in one 6 hour session.

2010

The Pumpkin Hibiscus Problem

Here's a really nice cover-up, that pink just hides those letters like magic. Now she has a pumpkin, that is supposed to a hibiscus, that says "Daddy's Girl" on it.

Cover-ups don't actually cover the old ink, it's still in there sharing the same space and most colors aren't going to hide black ink.

The new design must be larger and more complex to hide what you don't want anymore.

This cover-up failure is going to become the center of a sun flower...

First session complete, outlined and a black and brown shading over the old tattoos.

and after two sessions of color.

2010

Pretty in Pink [a lot of pink]

Gilette Elvgren's Aiming To Please cowgirl and a dog with matching pink scarf. That's a lot of pink. The girl's right arm is also changed to make the gun at blowing level. The lip-shaped smoke rings were denied.

2010

What I did on my summer vacation...

a Calico Bass reproduced from a Chuck Byron print brought in by the customer. Done in three sessions over the last six weeks.

People who work for comission don't get vacations.

The Sugar Skulls Have Eyes

Dia de los muertos skull circled by two swallows and one of them is...

DEAD

2010

The eyes make this one a little different than the rest.